Getting books on the iPad without an internet connection?

Please help. I'm in Afghanistan and I have an iPad and a MBP. I can get the MBP on the internet that is provided here, but I can't put the iPad on the internet here. I have both iBooks and the Kindle app. Is there a way that I can buy books and get them to either of these two programs from my MBP without the iPad being connected to the internet?
Thanks

I believe that the Kindle app needs an internet connection as it needs to connect to amazon.com in order to download content (the books aren't stored locally in iTunes on your pc/mac) - so though you'd be able to buy books at Amazon I don't think that you then get them onto your iPad without an internet connection.
I also think that iBooks needs an internet connection in order to purchase books from the iBook store, but you can use it via iTunes on MBP to copy PDFs or non-DRM ePub books from other sources.

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